The 12 Blogging Questions Of Christmas – Day 8 – Do You Like Or Loathe Chris Rea?

You know that Chris Rea song, ‘Driving Home for Christmas’? Well I hate it. Whenever it comes on the radio, I reach for the tuner and change channel pronto. I think it’s his gravelly, dour voice. He turns the most positive message into a depressing dirge. I can think of nothing more depressing than being stuck in a festive traffic jam with Mr. Rea. It’s ‘no, no, no’ as opposed to ‘ho, ho, ho’ as far as he’s concerned.

I did travel today, however. To pay a pre-Christmas visit to my mother. I dragged myself off my death bed, a la Lazarus, and made the hour long car journey with my very own Christmas elf, Rebecca. The weather was foggy and drizzly but we made good time. Even better, Chris Rea was nowhere to be seen. Or heard. My old home town of Omagh was busy, busy, busy with last minute shoppers.

Hopefully, this is my last long trip before the big day itself. Fionnuala is taking the kids to see the new ‘Mary Poppins’ movie tomorrow but, much as I love all things Emily Blunt, I’m going to spend the day resting at home and hoping this illness clears before Tuesday. I hope that wherever you travel over the Christmas break, it is a safe and incident free journey. Chris Rea or no Chris Rea.

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Sorry to hear you’re still sick – hope it clears up soon. I don’t intend to travel much – I am going to put my feet up and let my offspring come to me. We will likely visit my brother at some point, but it’s only a 10 minute drive. I have too many favorites when it comes to Christmas tunes (like food, I cannot pick just one) but Bing Cosby’s White Christmas sure makes me nostalgic – my parents loved Bing! At any rate I hope you and Rebecca had a nice visit with your Mum and that you can enjoy the rest of the holidays despite illness. God bless you and yours!

We will be doing some local travel on Christmas Eve and staying put with our open house Christmas Day. I do not know who this Chris Rhea person is but many an artist have butchered my favorite Christmas songs over the years. I am talking to you Taylor Swift with the Wham remake. My favorite Christmas album of all time is Phil Spector Christmas album. Creepy though he may be…..that is pure nostalgia!

I can drive to Daddy’s house in two hours, but I won’t. He doesn’t come out of the woods during deer hunting season. So we’ll celebrate Christmas next month. And yes, even though I’m 55 years old I still call him Daddy. It’s a Southern thing.

I’ve never heard the Chris Rea and will keep it that way. I tend to avoid Christmas music because most of it isn’t really music.

I suppose I’m ready for Christmas, though. I’ve been practicing this month, so now I can pick up my guitar and play Feliz Navidad and You’re A Mean One Mr Grinch. Just the intros, though. I’m too cheap to buy the sheet music.

We’ll be staying at home for a quiet, although reduced, family Christmas. As children grow up and get married we lose a portion to their in-laws. I’m more than happy to let them deal with holiday travel and airports. As for Christmas music I have to say that by November 2nd I’ve heard far too much! However, there are a couple of songs that I love dearly. My Dad was a bit of a crooner, though he’d never admit it. One of my first memories is of him singing “Winter Wonderland”. I hear it today and I can picture him singing as I sat in his lap “driving” to my Grandmother’s house. Christmas doesn’t seem the same without him. Merry Christmas to you all.

Had never heard of Chris Rea, so I looked up the song on YouTube. Eh.
I wouldn’t call them my all-time favorite Christmas tunes, but two songs in heavy rotation for me right now are Spiraling’s version of “Do You Hear What I Hear?” and Relient K’s “In Like a Lion (Always Winter).”